Gabriel Rousseau
Head of PMO, R&D Manager
Nice Area France
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
Current:
Manager of R&D Project Office (PMO)
Delivery Manager of Business Rules products
Responsible for leading pan-European initiatives for the France Lab across IBM's software development community.
Head of France Lab Project Management Community
Teaching Management, Agile Project Management, and IT Governance at IBM and University
Past:
Complex Project and Release Management
Manager of R&D Offshore Development Center
Leader of France Lab PM Community
QA Manager
Certification:
Project Management: PMP (PMI), Advanced Program Management: SCPM (Standford) and Project and Program Management: Senior Certified (IBM), IT Governance: ITIL (OGC),
Specialties:
Skills: Communication, Leadership, Quick Study, Juggler and Conductor
Processes/Methodologies : PMBOOK, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Agile, CMMI, ITIL, COBIT
Manager of R&D Project Office (PMO)
Delivery Manager of Business Rules products
Responsible for leading pan-European initiatives for the France Lab across IBM's software development community.
Head of France Lab Project Management Community
Teaching Management, Agile Project Management, and IT Governance at IBM and University
Past:
Complex Project and Release Management
Manager of R&D Offshore Development Center
Leader of France Lab PM Community
QA Manager
Certification:
Project Management: PMP (PMI), Advanced Program Management: SCPM (Standford) and Project and Program Management: Senior Certified (IBM), IT Governance: ITIL (OGC),
Specialties:
Skills: Communication, Leadership, Quick Study, Juggler and Conductor
Processes/Methodologies : PMBOOK, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Agile, CMMI, ITIL, COBIT
R&D and Project Office Manager at France Lab, IBM
IBM
Since January 2008
Sophia Antipolis
France
- Managing a sofware developement project office; Leading complex software products releases (>100): Define and execute strategy for product release management including Agile project management, product management and quality assurance.
- In charge of the transformation of the disciplined Agile Delivery methodology to Continuous delivery/devops for the Dev Team (>150p).
- Direct software development of the business rules product (ODM); Working with and through teams across the dev organization to ensure a good software delivery and take care of identifying and addressing all dependencies and risks appropriately.
- Responsible for leading pan-European initiatives for the France Lab across IBM’s software development community. These initiatives drive software delivery best practices and actions to better serve our clients through leveraging skilled laboratory resources.
- Responsible for leading the France Lab PM Community. Drive and share software project management best practices and help individuals to progress through PM career path and certification.
- Lab Advocate and Lab Eminence Program: Develop long-term relationships with clients. In addition to acting as general problem-solvers, sounding boards, and ombudsmen, also serve to gather requirements from clients regarding possible new features and functionality.
Occasional speaker
Université Angers - Université Tangers - Master 1&2
Since September 2006
- ITIL
- IT Governance and COBIT
- CMMI and SCAMPI
- Agile (DaD, SAFE..)
- Project Management
- Complex Management and Culture
- Teaching :
Manager of R&D Processes, Quality and IT
InfoVista
September 2007
to August 2008
- In charge of the R&D IT (Hardware, Lab, Applications...), Processes and Quality Assurance.
Manager of InfoVista Extended Development Center (Offshore in India)
InfoVista
September 2006
to August 2008
- Manager of the InfoVista Extended Development Center (Bangalore, India), 25p
R&D Process Manager
InfoVista
June 2005
to September 2007
- Acting as QA Manager for the products and solutions QA teams (QA process improvement, projects coordination, common criteria ISO certification...).
- Leading the QA Integration team (10 p.)
- Management of R&D processes, methodologies (Product LifeCycle, Agile dev Methodology, CMMI and ITIL best pratices) and tools (sharepoint intranet, testdirector, clearquest, jira, reporting services, timesheet...).
QA Auditor and Consultant
Reuters / Acial
April 2004
to 2005
- Quality audit of the Reuters Financial Services (Kondor+,KTP..).
- Transformation of QA Methology and reorganization of the QA department.
- Implementation of "quick-wins" QA strategy, methodology (based on CMMI) and tools (QuickTestPro, TestDirector, Reporting..).
Expert QA and CM methodologies and tools
Renault SA / Altran Technology
October 2000
to 2004
- Responsible of the QA and CM methodology ( IT Methods department of Renault SA):
- Implementation of CM methodology and tools (PVCS, CVS) on more than 60 projects.
- Responsible of QA methodology and tools (TestDirector, Winrunner, QuickTest Pro), deployement on more than 40 projects.
- Involved in the improvement of the Renault Expert methology, CMMI 3.
- ITIL
- COBIT
- CMMI
- Quality Assurance
- Agile
- Program Management
- Team Management
- Planning
- Integration
- Agile Methodologies
- Product Management
- PMO
- Project Management
- Release Management
- Strategy
- DevOps
- Security
- Design Thinking
- French
- Spanish (scholar)
- English
